gacs social media firms: Govt forms grievance committees to address complaints against social media platforms
The government has formed three grievance appellate committees (GAC) for grievance redressal of complaints of social media users against decisions of grievance redressal officers of social media intermediaries. Of the three, one will be led by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (ICCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), while the other two will be led by joint secretary in charge of Policy and Administration Division in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and…